Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
Satellite service provider Intelsat is looking to meet increased demand from airlines for inflight connectivity onboard their regional aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

Aviation Week Network Staff
This week’s staff movements highlight changes at Europe’s largest hub, a U.S. legacy carrier, and an Icelandic LCC.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Iberia Chairman and President Marco Sansavini says the completion of the Air Europa purchase is one of the main targets to securing Iberia’s future success.
Airlines & Lessors

Pegasus Airlines has connected the capitals of Türkiye and Portugal by launching direct flights between Ankara and Lisbon.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ryanair will resume flights to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport beginning June 3 following the announcement that Terminal 1 will reopen.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
NTSB says incorrect runway-condition assumptions appear to have played a role in a United Airlines 737-8 runway excursion on March 8 in Houston.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
Virgin Atlantic is set to increase capacity to India for 2025, with plans for 2X-daily service to both New Delhi (DEL) and Mumbai (BOM) airports.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

AJET (Turkish Airlines) launched operations, replacing Anadolu Jet (SPNWS; Dec 1). It plans to serve 93 destinations, including 41 domestic and 52 international, with 95 aircraft during Summer 2024, growing to 200 aircraft in 10 years.

Air Transport

Haiyan Zheng to Chief Commercial Officer of Clover Aviation Capital, Hong Kong; Pengfei Jiang was named Chief Marketing Officer.

Air Transport

JETBLUE AIRWAYS began daily Boston-Paris CDG (A321LR).

Air Transport

VIRGIN ATLANTIC posted £80m EBIT on £3.1b revenues in 2023, surpassing 2019 performance; it has £406m cash.

Air Transport

EASYJET opened base at Alicante, Spain (fourth in Spain) with three A320s, offering 1.5m seats (capacity) in Summer '24.

Air Transport

ALASKA AIR GROUP reports 737-9 grounding cost about $160m in 1Q24 pretax profit, which was covered by Boeing.

Air Transport

DAE

DAE signed 5-year, AED2.75b unsecured term loan with Emirates NBD Bank for future financing needs of the business.

Air Transport

AIR CANADA began four-times-weekly Vancouver-Singapore (787-9).

Air Transport

UPS

UPS has contract with US Postal Service to become its primary air cargo provider to move majority of its air cargo in US.

Air Transport

CANADA JETLINES plans June 29 to begin weekly Toronto Pearson-Miami (A320).

Air Transport

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES plans October 2 to begin three-times-weekly Manila-Seattle (777-300ER).

Air Transport

AERCAP completed 152 transactions (82 lease agreements/21 purchases/49 sales) in 1Q24 vs 123 (76 lease agreements/15 purchases/32 sales) in 1Q23; it repurchased 4.3m shares for a total of approximately $336m.

Air Transport

AVOLON executed 39 lease transactions in 1Q24 (vs 31 in 1Q23), delivered nine new aircraft (vs 9) and transitioned three to others (vs 9), and entered in SLB deals for seven; it now has owned/managed/committed fleet of 1,033 aircraft.

Air Transport

AKASA AIR began four-times-weekly Mumbai-Doha, Qatar (737 MAX).

Air Transport

JAPAN AIRLINES began daily Tokyo Haneda-Doha, Qatar (787-9).

Air Transport

By Christine Boynton
The carrier expects additional compensation for the disruption set off by the Jan. 5 737-9 door plug blowout, “the complete terms of which are confidential.”
Airlines & Lessors